Adrian Smith's Blog » password manager http://www.17od.com Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:04:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 UPM 1.5 Released http://www.17od.com/2006/12/31/upm-15-released/ http://www.17od.com/2006/12/31/upm-15-released/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:52:37 +0000 Adrian http://www.17od.com/2006/12/31/upm-15-released/ Just thought I’d slip another release of UPM out before the end of the year.

Here’s what’s new in this release…
- Added Czech and German translations (courtesy of Petr Ustohal)
- Added username and password fields to the HTTP proxy options
- The HTTP Proxy can be enabled/disabled using a checkbox while still retaining the settings for later use
- In the account information dialog the password is masked by default. To view it you untick a checkbox. Thanks to Jelle De Pot for suggesting this feature
- Removed the French localisation (no French translator available)
- Fixed a problem that caused a NullPointerException on the Mac OS X version when exiting the Options dialog after changing the language
- A few small bugfixes here and there

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The most important feature in this release is the support for multiple languages. It ships with English and French language bundles but I’d really appreciate help from anyone who can fix up the French bundle (I used Google to translate but I don’t think it worked out too well) or provide other language translations. Here’s the resource bundle that needs to be translated.

The full change log is…

  • Added support for internationalisation. English and French language bundles are included.
  • Added support for editing the account name
  • Double clicking or hitting enter on an account opens the account in read-only view mode. Edit it still available on the toolbar, menu bar and as a keyboard shortcut.
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My main reason for developing it was so that I could use the same password database on both my home (Mac) and work computers (Windows). I’ve been using another Java based password manager for a while now but the interface is a bit clunky and tends to get in the way.

This first release has all I need bar the ability to share the password database between multiple machines. The most likely solution will be that whenever the database changes on one machine it’ll be automatically uploaded to a shared location (HTTP file upload/FTP). From here the other instances of UPM will be able to download the new version when they startup.

Main Features

  • Small, fast and lean
  • Written in Java and utilizing Swing for the GUI
  • Windows and Mac OS X native feeling versions available
  • Fast Account searching
  • Streamlined for those who are more comfortable using the keyboard only
  • Uses DES with 56 bit keys to encrypt the database
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